How much is known about Vladimir Lenin's close political allies, from the founding of the Marxist Russian social democratic labour party, revolution and ultimately, his death; Were there any consistent allies who followed him through the last 30 years of his life?

By firearm safety, I’m talking about trigger and muzzle discipline, knowing your target, etc.

Are there manuscripts from the time of the first muskets that say “don’t point this at people”?

Do modern armies use motorcycles?

Being objective is key in many disciplines, but history seems to be a discipline that cannot remove the subjectivity. As eutopian as it may sound, can historians produce knowledge without any biases? Or what measures can historians take to reduce the subjectivity in the research? Or, should we just celebrate the subjectivity in history, as it makes us become more critical?

It doesn't matter what language you speak, we all use the same numbers (If this is not the case, please illuminate me). At what point in history did the world decide on the numbers (1234567890) and why didn't we do the same thing with languages? Where there competitors to the Aramaic numbers other than Roman Numerals? Thanks so much for answering!

Something such as a group of lesser warriors out numbering a Samurai, would it be dishonorable for him to run, and as a result he should stand and fight?

From what I understand, Aztec rituals were required to keep celestial bodies in motion correctly, even down to the sun rising each day. Surely there were daily/weekly/monthly rituals that the Spanish disrupted in Tenochtitlan.

Apart from the spread of disease wiping out a large percentage of the population, and widespread cracking down on native religion by the spanish, do we have accounts of Aztecs becoming disillusioned when the Sun and Moon rose despite necessary rituals not happening? And if so, how much can we trust these accounts?

As the title says, I want to major in history and political science. My sister says not to because I’ll die poor. What do you guys say? Would prefer people in jobs with a history focus pls thx.

As I understand it, the Ottoman Empire used the leadership of it's religious minorities for consolidation in it's early periods. After the Greek War of Independence and much of the rest of the Balkans, the usefulness of the Patriarch to the Padishah must have declined a fair bit, and the establishment of the secular ethno-nationalist republic threw all the old bases of power in the air.

Based on some Herodotus I read about the persians/medes meeting the atheneans/hellenes at marathon.

Was it something that wasn't recorded? Or was it dishonorable or a sign of weakness?

I know there is mention of soldiers defecating themselves before or during battle, that phobos and pan ran amok, during the battle. But after?

The fighting at close quarters must have been utterly brutal, surely that left enough of a mark to record?

Maybe I am not reading the right things, any pointers or help would be useful.

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Can one tell from any existent records what percentage of, say, arrow wounds or spear wounds were lethal within 24 hours? Do any good sources tell us the percent of wounds, by weapon, that became infected? E.g. were spear wounds more often infected than arrow wounds? And were there statistics on how many survived but in a state where they'd be unable to ever fight again?

Out of all the things, why exactly was it a ship that became popular being put inside of a bottle?

Dogs and horses I know were much more than pets, they were useful tools out on the range. But I'm curious if humans have always named their dogs 'spot' or horses 'Thunder'

I checked the recommended section and it seems Napoleonic France has mostly books on the military side of things. Thats fine, but I want to learn the other parts of the Empire too. Any good books?

(That being two Super-firing turrets foreward, one turret aft.)

Eg: Iowa/South Dakota/North Carolina Classes, Yamato Class, Lion Class (As planned,) KGV Class (as Built.)

Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. Nelson Class (due to Treaty weight restrictions,) Vanguard, Bismarck Class (due to, I understand, German inability to make space efficient Triple Turret shell carriers?) The French Dunkerque and Richelieu classes.

I do still contend there is a trend (if I'm wrong, please correct me.) And I would like to know the reasons behind it.

For long voyages, how was water transported and/or desalinated?